I'm really curious about this, considering the amount of hoopla every major internet connection provider likes to claim about their services, and many times exaggerated just to help their own sales . . .

So, with that in mind, anyone willing to post up their download/upload connection speeds, and we can see just how much of a difference there is in the various internet connection types.

Hit up http://www.speedtest.net/, choose the location closest to your home and begin the test, afterwards, copy and paste your result here. Also, please list what type of connection you have (dial-up, cable, DSL, VDSL, FiOS, etc) - if you are running through an ethernet connection, please also list whether it's a direct connection, or your LAN/WiFi connection speeds.

that's kinda what I'm getting at - in this region we only have two major players - COX Cable and Verizon (DSL and FiOS). Cox here advertises up to 10MBps, but most people I know only max out at 4.5 depending on what time of day it is. Verizon advertises 3MBps for standard DSL, and most Verizon users get 2.5MB to 3MB. They advertise upto 15MBps with FiOS, but I don't know anyone running that yet.

Plus, here, Verizon's latencies are lower than COX's, about half actually, so DSL tends to load pages up a lot quicker, even though dl/ul speeds are a little lower.

I already have 1 PC out of 2 in LAN downloading files in torrent but since im too wasted to go to the 1st floor and shut it down i am performing a test with it running.
I am supposedly getting 10MBs with my DSL and the results are 5MBs+ Whatever speed the computer upstairs is downloading at.

I have a lower-end business account through Road Runner - 7Mb/768K, static IP, etc - I get exactly what's advertised. Wish that FiOS was available here... their business accounts cost only a little more than what I'm paying, but I could get 5Mb/s upload.

At work we have 15Mb/15Mb fiber connection through TWTC. I've done plenty of 'testing' with this line and get the full 15

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Software:

Windows XP pro SP2 -- vista is still crap

preety good internet for 35 bucks. comes with free movies every tuesday, free a/v package, all that stuff. cable hdtv and phone(voip) hooked onto the line all for about 100 bucks/month e911 service, call forwarding,etc.etc.